Earth Day 2014

2013 Celebration Saturday, April 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Porter County Expo, Expo East and 4-H Buildings (three buildings), 215 E. Division Rd., Valparaiso (Map it!) FREE PARKING! FREE ADMISSION! Family fun, educational, entertaining! This regional tradition connects attendees with environmental organizations, exhibitors, businesses and vendors that engage them in fun and entertaining ways so they can learn about living greener and becoming more environmentally-conscious. Join us for this eighth annual event, the largest Earth Day event in Northwest Indiana! Thank you to our 2013 supporters:     Secure Shred-Opportunity Enterprises Porter County Emergency Management Anton Insurance Electronic Recyclers International Republic Services Pratt Industries Duneland 28 IDNR - Indiana Department of Natural Resources   Highlights include: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ONLY -- Opportunity Enterprises Secure Shred will be on site to provide document destruction and recycling for free! Each attendee is asked to limit their material to two boxes. The Great Cloth Diaper Change 11 a.m. (sign up here) Free tree seedlings in exchange for completed event surveys. Play bingo for your chance to win a new bike! Silent auction Take a ride in NIPSCO's electric vehicle Indiana 105.5 FM live remote Alternative fuel vehicle display First 300 families receive FREE reusable bags Breakfast, lunch & snacks by B&J Specialties And much, much more!!!

$10 off 2014 Exhibitor Registration through June 30 Non-profits For-profits Schools   NEW VOTE ON YOUR FAVORITE RAIN BARREL IN THE Rain Barrel Design Competition   Highlights from the 2012 Celebration   Returns!!! Returns!!! Build Your Own Birdhouse! Children can build their own birdhouses, thanks to the Porter County Chapter Ducks Unlimited AND Construction Engineering Dept Purdue University North Central Porter County Building Department Hobart Lumber

Featured programs:

• Canceled! 9:30 a.m. “What is a time bank?” Sorry for any inconvenience!
  
• 9:30 a.m. The Lake County Solid Waste Management District's Green Team will entertain and educate kids and adults alike on ways to help the environment with games and challenges for prizes. The award-winning group is known for their presentations and assemblies throughout schools in Lake County.
• 10:30 a.m. “How to create a chemical-free environment in your home.” Learn the dangers of toxic household cleaners and the impact they have on the health of our homes and environment. Presented by Jan Litza from Young Living.
• 11:30 a.m. Silly Safaris show #1 – live animal shows returns to Earth Day for its second year – Become involved in this animal show. Special guests from the audience will join the animals up on stage for a game! Learn more about reptiles, mammals, birds and bugs during an experience everyone will remember!
• 12:30 p.m. Recycle Cycle – Join in the hilarious antics of a garbage man and his crazy contraptions. This family-friendly show has plenty of opportunities for audience involvement.
• 1:30 p.m. The Lake County Solid Waste Management District's Green Team will entertain and educate kids and adults alike on ways to help the environment with games and challenges for prizes. The award-winning group is known for their presentations and assemblies throughout schools in Lake County.
• 2:30 p.m. Silly Safaris show #2
• 2:30-4 p.m. Radio Disney, games, prizes, activities, music, dance and more!!! Sponsored by NIPSCO in partnership with the Indiana Pipeline Awareness Association
• 3:30 p.m. Bike Bingo Drawing
• 4 p.m. School Rain Barrel Contest winner announcement

Exhibitors include:

• 219 GreenConnect
• Alice's Garden Toy Boutique
• Au Naturel Market
• Barefoot Books
• Calumet Crank Club
• Caribbean Pools Inc.
• Champion Windows
• Chesterton High School Club EARTH
• C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Natural Birth & Parenting Network
• City of Valparaiso
• Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy, Inc
• Discovery Charter School
• East Wind Acupuncture
• Ecoview Windows of Northwest Indiana
• Farr Corner
• Finatec
• Fit4Mom Northwest Indiana
• Flora Richardson Foundation
• Friends of Indiana Dunes
• Great Lakes Greyhound of Indiana, Inc.
• Green Housewives Bath Company LLC
• Hen Duck & Meow
• Hobart Latex Paint Recycling
• Illiana Garden Pond Society
• Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
• Independent Cat Society
• Indiana 811
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Indiana Dunes State Park
• Indiana Gourd Society Inc.
• JNJ Organic Farm
  
• Kauffman Chiropractic
• Kernals and Kones
• Lake County Solid Waste Management District
• Lakeshore Public Television/89.1 FM The Lakeshore
• Laporte County Solid Waste Management District
• Liberty Hot Shots 4-H Club
• Metro Recycling
• Monica Z Photography
• Mother Care Childbirth Services
  
• Moraine Ridge Wildlife Rehab Center
• Mothering By Nature
• MS4 Community Partners
• NIPSCO
• Northwest Indiana Paddling Association
• Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission
• Northwest Indiana Society for Sustainable Living
• Norwex
• One World in partnership with IICD Michigan
• Opportunity Enterprises
• Porter County Animal Shelter
• Porter County Chapter Izaak Walton League
• Porter County Farm Bureau Inc.
• Porter County Master Gardeners Association
• Porter County Parks & Recreation
• Porter County Soil & Water Conservation District
• Porter County Wildlife Management Advisory Board
• R&B Wood Creations
• Race for the Future -- Alternate Power Initiative
• Recycled Granite
• Republic Services
• Save the Dunes
• Scented Seasons Candles & Soap
• Shaklee
• Shirley Heinze Land Trust
• Sierra Club
• The Soap Box
• South Shore Clean Cities
• Staci's Beads and Jewelry
• Sweet Peaz Diaper Service
• Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
• Thrive Acupuncture
• Tupperware
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Vale of Paradise Garden Club
• Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group
• Valparaiso Dept. of Parks and Recreation
• Valparaiso High School
• Valparaiso International Center
• Wellness in a Wireless World/GiaWellness
• Window World/Neal Company
• Working Bikes
• Young Living
• Your Values Magazine